Alarm-clock



(No Model.)

A. M. LANE.

ALARM CLOCK. No. 431,595. Patented July 8, 1890.

1442/7255 //7 VEfl/ar,

n15 now: runs co.. moroumm, vusumnww n c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALMERON M. LANE, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

ALARMY-CLOC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,595, dated July 8,1890.

Application filed March 18, 1890. Serial No. 344,313. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALMERON M. LANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meriden,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new an d usefullmprovements in a Combined Clockand Bell, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined clock and bell, andthe main objects of my improvement are to simplify the construction, toproduce the article at a small cost, to arrange the same for conveniencein assembling the parts, and to adapt the bell to a central windingmechanism.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a frontelevation of mycombined clockand bell, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portionthereof on the line 00 of Fig. 1, some of the parts being shown in sideelevation.

My invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the combined clockand bell patented to me January 21, 1890, No. 419,686, and the generalarrangement of the bell-ringing mechanism and the clock is the same asin said patent.

B designates a base of any suitable construction provided with a centralhub and interiorly-threaded hole toreceive the hollow stem 5, Fig. 2, ofthe standard, which sup ports the clock-case A. This hollow stem issecured to the lower plate 6 of the frame of the bell-ringing mechanism,said plate being provided with pillars or posts 7, to which the upperplate 8 is secured, said two plates and posts constituting the frame ofthe bell-ringing mechanism. Mounted in or on this frame is a main shaft,ratchet-wheel, pawl, mainspring, escapement-wheel, and hammer, the sameforming a bell-ringing mechanism of ordinary construction, which Iconsider unnecessary to describe. Projecting upwardly from the hammer ofsaid bell-ringing mechanism, into the lower part of the clock-case, is aholdingann or wire 9, the upper portion of which occupies a positionnear the axial line of the hollow stem 5,and center of the bell andframe of the bell-rin gin g mechanism. Above the upper plate of thebell-ringing mechanism is a supporting-plate 10, the same being securedto said upper plate. On the hollow stem, between the frame of thebellringing mechanism and the base B, there is a gong-shaped bell C,which incloses the bellringing mechanism, said bell being in an invertedposition-that is, with its open side uppermost.

D designates a cover or cap of any desirable form for covering the upperopen side of the bell.

I provide the clock-case with any suitable support or f0ot-as, forinstance, the plate 4: and arms 3. This plate 4 and the cap or cover Dare secured to the plate 10 by means of screws 11, which pass throughthe plate 4 and cover D into threaded holes in the plate 10. As the topof the bell and foot or plate under the clock-case in my former patentwere provided with a central opening through the lower part of the casefor engagement with the holding-arm 9, all as in my aforesaid patent.Thewinding-key 12 of the bell-ringing mechanism projects downwardlythrough the hollow stem 5 at the center of the base B, said mechanismbeing of the kind known by the term central winding. The holding andreleasing lever 15 will be operated by the time-movement to disengagethe holding-arm 9 at the predetermined time, as in prior alarms, themanner of so doing forming no part of the present invention further thanthat the holding-arm 9 is nearly in the position of the axis of thebell.

I claim as my invention- 1. A combined clock and bell, with the bell Cmounted underneath the clock and centrally thereto in an invertedposition, and the cap D, between the open top of the bell and the clock,with the holding-arm 9 extended upwardly through the central portion ofsaid cap, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. A combined clock and bell connected to gether, with the bell betweenthe clock-case and the supporting-case B,and a central-windingbell-ringing" mechanism inclosed within said bell, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose specified.

3. A combined clock and bell consisting of the base 13, the bell O, theframe of the bellringing mechanism mounted upon a hollow stem extendingthrough the central portion of said bell and base, the cap D, securedover said frame, and the clock A, mounted upon said cap, substantiallyas described, and for the-purpose specified.

4. A combined clock and bell connected together, the bell being mountedin an inverted position, with the winding-key projecting at ALMERON M.LANE.

Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, JOHN EDWARDS, Jr.

